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The industry sells itself on producing clothes from 'recycled materials', but these are mostly made from recycled plastics that cannot be recycled a second time. NGOs explain that the only solution is to buy less clothing.

Both the cuts to the EU4Health programme and delays on tobacco control action have left many unanswered questions about the EU health priorities over the past week.

EU member countries and lawmakers reached an agreement on Tuesday (6 February) on the bloc's first rules to tackle violence against women, the European Parliament and officials said.

The European Parliament inaugurated on Tuesday (7 February) an exhibition dedicated to the WikiLeaks founder, journalist Julian Assange, ahead of the UK High Court's decision on his extradition to the US, expected on 20-21 February. 

Georgia's acting prime minister accused Ukraine on Tuesday (6 February) of trying to spread war to his country, after authorities seized what they said was a truck loaded with explosives bound for Russia.

This week marks the beginning of what many in Brussels consider to be the next phase of the European Green Deal – a new era focused on actually meeting the EU’s objective of reaching net-zero emissions by mid-century.

Dutch government formation talks were thrown in disarray on Tuesday (6 February) as centrist party NSC unexpectedly stepped away, complicating the task for far-right politician Geert Wilders to assemble a working coalition.

Chinese state-backed cyber spies gained access to a Dutch military network last year, Dutch intelligence agencies said on Tuesday (6 February), calling it part of a trend of Chinese political espionage against the Netherlands and its allies.

The United States accused Russia on Tuesday (6 February) of firing at least nine North Korean-supplied missiles at Ukraine, while Moscow labeled Washington a "direct accomplice" in the downing of a Russian military transport plane last month.

US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday (6 February) that the bipartisan immigration bill, which also includes aid for Israel and Ukraine as it fights a Russian invasion, is falling apart under political pressure from Republican rival Donald Trump.

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Czech conservatives pushing back against the idea of Orban joining the ECR, the Swedish Nord Stream investigation coming to an end soon, and so much more.

Serbia got its new parliament on Tuesday after the mandates of all 250 MPs were approved at a constitutive session in which opposition members walked out in front of the podium with banners and whistles in protest before leaving the parliamentary chamber.

Croatian farmers – getting increasingly frustrated with the ‘demands’ of the Green Deal and trade liberalisation negotiations with Mercosur – could soon join their colleagues across the EU who have been protesting for weeks.

Moldova has found itself at the forefront of a hybrid war orchestrated by the Kremlin, Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Luminița Odobescu said on Tuesday following a meeting with the new Moldovan Foreign Affairs Minister Mihai Popșoi, who was in Bucharest for his inaugural foreign visit.

The high-ranking police officer arrested by Bulgarian special services on Monday on suspicion of Russian espionage was exporting sensitive information from EU agencies and other European countries to the Kremlin, the Bulgarian prosecutor’s office announced on Tuesday.

More and more lawmakers from previously conservative parties are changing their views on liberalising LGBTQ rights, although Poland is still far from introducing same-sex marriages, ruling Civic Platform (PO, EPP) MP Agnieszka Pomaska said during a BBC debate in Warsaw.

Despite the potential for nature restoration to bring benefits for multiple sectors across Europe, the funding gap remains immense and urgent. With 19 international organisations, we’re proposing a new funding model: “Landscape Finance”, a financing approach that supports holistic, community-driven landscape restoration.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government began structural and personnel changes in the partially state-owned petrol giant, Orlen, which has been controlled by the former conservative PiS (ECR) cabinet until now.

Czech conservatives reject the idea of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party joining the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group, Czech MEP Veronika Vrecionová wrote on social media, adding that they do not need someone who has blackmailed the rest of the EU over Ukraine.

Portuguese Foreign Affairs Minister João Gomes Cravinho reiterated his country's willingness to provide training in using F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine's air force, expressing the hope that these aircraft will be available at their maximum potential throughout 2024 while in Kyiv on Tuesday.